The Brightpearl alternative for Shopify brands
Manifold runs inventory, orders, purchasing and the ledger for brands on Shopify, Amazon and wholesale — with a price you can read before you talk to anyone.
Who Brightpearl is for
Brightpearl calls itself the retail ERP for multichannel retailers: inventory, orders, purchasing and finance from one source of truth.
brightpearl.com, checked October 2026Why businesses look elsewhere
- Pricing is tailored to each business and given by quote, with a demo in place of a trial. brightpearl.com/pricing, checked October 2026
- Critical reviews mention gaps in reporting and order search, slow screens at times and long setup. Brightpearl on Trustpilot, checked October 2026
Manifold and Brightpearl, side by side
| Manifold | Brightpearl | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $300 a month (USD) — one plan, published, every feature | Tailored to each business, by quote brightpearl.com/pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Users | Your whole team, with no per-seat fee | Unlimited users at no extra cost brightpearl.com/pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Free trial | 60 days, run beside your current system in read-only mode | No trial listed; a 30-minute demo brightpearl.com/pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Accounting | Its own general ledger posting as you trade, and Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks | A retail accounting module, and Xero and QuickBooks integrations brightpearl.com/pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Manufacturing | Kits and bundles, with stock that follows their parts; no production orders or manufacturing planning | Bundles and assembly builds brightpearl.com/pricing, checked October 2026 |
Brightpearl (Sage) as its public pages described it on the day each row was read; each figure links to its page. Prices in US dollars. Manifold has no affiliation with Sage; spot something out of date? Tell us.
When Brightpearl may suit you better
- You want a retail accounting module inside the same product: Brightpearl lists one. brightpearl.com/pricing, checked October 2026
Moving from Brightpearl
Manifold has no direct import from Brightpearl yet. Two routes do the job instead: connect your Shopify store and the setup walk offers to copy its products, stock, customers and orders across; and anything you can get out as a spreadsheet — items and opening stock, products and variants, kits, suppliers and customers, catalog prices, purchase orders, sales orders and sales history — comes in on Import, with each column matched and every rejected row named.
What Import takes →Run both, side by side
Every new Manifold business starts read-only. Orders come in, imports run and your team works in Manifold in full — but nothing leaves it: no stock or prices to your stores, no journals to your accounts, no email to customers. Brightpearl keeps running the business while you check Manifold against it, and an owner goes live when you're sure.
Read-only mode and going live →Questions people ask
- Can I try Manifold without switching off Brightpearl?
- Yes. Every new Manifold business starts in read-only mode: orders come in, imports run and your team works in Manifold in full, but nothing goes out — no stock or prices to your stores, no journals to your accounts, no email to customers. Brightpearl keeps running the business while you check Manifold against it, for the 60-day trial, and you go live when you are ready.
- What does Manifold cost?
- One plan: $300 a month (USD) with 100 sales orders included, every feature and your whole team; each order past that costs $0.20 down to $0.015 on a published scale. No per-seat or per-integration fees.
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